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Skill 08 · Team Composition Patterns
Subchapter 8.1
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Decision matrix for choosing the right subagent_type when spawning teammates.
Does the teammate need a specialized Agent Teams role?
├── YES → Which role?
│ ├── Team coordination → agent-teams:team-lead
│ ├── Feature building → agent-teams:team-implementer
│ ├── Code review → agent-teams:team-reviewer
│ └── Bug investigation → agent-teams:team-debugger
└── NO → Does it need to modify files?
├── YES → general-purpose
└── NO → Does it need deep codebase exploration?
├── YES → Explore
└── NO → Plan (for architecture/design tasks)| Agent Type | Can Read | Can Write | Can Edit | Can Bash | Team Tools | Specialized |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| general-purpose | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Explore | Yes | No | No | No | No | Search/explore |
| Plan | Yes | No | No | No | No | Architecture |
| agent-teams:team-lead | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Team orchestration |
| agent-teams:team-reviewer | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Code review |
| agent-teams:team-debugger | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Bug investigation |
| agent-teams:team-implementer | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature building |
| Mistake | Why It Fails | Correct Choice |
|---|---|---|
Using Explore for implementation | Cannot write/edit files | general-purpose or team-implementer |
Using Plan for coding tasks | Cannot write/edit files | general-purpose or team-implementer |
Using general-purpose for reviews | No review structure/checklists | team-reviewer |
Using team-implementer for research | Has tools but wrong focus | Explore or Plan |